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Funding Program: Enhancement Grants - State Contacts/IPM Documents

Project Title: State Contact and IPM Documents for Oklahoma

Project Directors (PDs): Jim T Criswell [1] Charles C Luper [2]

Lead State: OK Lead Organization: Oklahoma State University

Undesignated Funding: $25,000

Start Date: Mar-01-2008 End Date: Feb-28-2009

No-Cost Extension Date: Feb-28-2010

Site/Commodity: Sorghum, turfgrass

Area of Emphasis: IPM, pesticides

Summary: The Oklahoma State Contact for the Southern Region IPM Center is the primary contact for pest management related issues and will be housed in the Oklahoma Pesticide Safety Education office and cooperate closely with the Integrated Pest Management Program. This contact will facilitate pest management and pesticide related activities, including regulations, education, information acquisition and dissemination, and rapid response to emerging issues. The Pesticide Safety Education Program office allows for a central contact point for Oklahomans with pesticide and pest management questions. The Oklahoma State Contact has worked for the last three years to collect the information requested by the Southern Region IPM Center through Extension and Research Specialists, growers, and commodity groups. The Oklahoma State Contact will respond to the IPM Centers information request as well as any other entity request for information on pest management needs. The Oklahoma State Contact will continues to facilitate the production of IPM documents and any other format needed to inform stakeholders of pest management information. The Oklahoma State Contact will work closely with the IR-4 liaison, Pesticide Coordinator, IPM Coordinator, state research specialists, state, area, and county Extension specialists, state commodity groups and associations, state agribusiness associations, and state pesticide applicator groups in forming a stakeholder network to identify and set priorities for Oklahoma. The Oklahoma State Contact will continue to respond to information requests from the Southern Region IPM Center and prioritize and coordinate the development of crop profiles and pest management strategic plans for Oklahoma with input from stakeholder groups. The network will also continue to contribute to and expand upon the existing pest management information venues, in newsletters, educational programs, manuals, fact sheets, and Web sites; and finally, will continue to participate in the SRIPM Center by attending meetings and providing updates on state progress. The State Contact for Oklahoma will also produce two IPM documents a crop profile for Oklahoma Grain Sorghum and a crop profile for Oklahoma turfgrasses. Objectives: Current and Future objectives for the OKLAHOMA STATE CONTACT are: 1. OKLAHOMA STATE CONTACT will assign a staff member to coordinate all SR IPM Center information and to serve as the state liaison for contact with the Center, and for regulatory questions related to pest management and pesticides. This person will solicit and coordinate responses from OSU extension and research specialists as well grower and industry input. This will be done by email, phone, or in person when needed. The Oklahoma State Contact will also provide all in state groups with IPM and Pest Management information such as the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry as well as applicator and commodity groups. 2. OKLAHOMA STATE CONTACT will coordinate with state research and Extension specialists, state commodity organizations and groups, state lead agency representations,and state pesticide applicator associations to identify and prioritize pest management needs. These will be done by attending meetings with groups, email, and phone/conference calls. 3. OKLAHOMA STATE CONTACT will prioritize and coordinate the development of crop profiles and PMSPs for Oklahoma with input from stakeholder groups. 4. OKLAHOMA STATE CONTACT will continue to contribute to and expand upon the existing pest management information venues, in newsletters, educational programs,manuals, fact sheets, and Web sites. 5. OKLAHOMA STATE CONTACT will continue to participate in the SRIPM Center by attending meetings and providing updates on state progress. 6. OKLAHOMA STATE CONTACT will provide the Southern Region IPM center a list of specialists with IPM expertise for Extension and Research. OKLAHOMA STATE CONTACT will notify the IPM center of each specialist focus area of expertise and contact information. This list will be updated annually. 7. OKLAHOMA STATE CONTACT will provide an annual assessment of Crop Profiles and PMSPs to prioritize their production and updating of these documents. IPM Documents Objectives Complete a crop profile for Grain Sorghum and Turfgrass in Oklahoma. These documents will serve as a blueprint for pest management needs in these two commodities as well as documentation of the pests that occur in these crops in the State Of Oklahoma.

Final Report:

Prioritization of Crop Profiles and PMSPs (State Contact only, required) Crop Profiles for Oklahoma Crops/Commodities Low Priority (crop profile developed and/or revised within last 3 years): Cattle (last updated: 08/16/2007) Peanuts (last updated: 2/14/2007) Canola (last updated 10/30/2007) Spinach (last updated 10/31/2007) Sorghum (last updated 03/05/2009) Turfgrass (last updated 05/05/2009) Sod (last updated 05/05/2009) Medium Priority (crop profile more than 3 years old): Cotton (last updated: 03/14/2005) Wheat (last updated: 05/13/2005) Watermelons (last updated: 06/20/2003) Pasture/Rangeland (last updated: 7/24/2003) High Priority (crop profile more than 6 years old): Alfalfa (last updated: 10/01/2002) Greenhouse Crops (last updated: 8/01/1999) High Priority (crop profile not available): Pecans, Poultry, Swine, Goats, Soybeans, Corn, Rye, Oats, Nursery, Residential and Industrial Pests, Grapes, Peaches. Pest Management Strategic Plans for Oklahoma Crops/Commodities Low Priority (PMSPs developed and/or revised within last 3 years): Stored wheat (08/2006) Turfgrass in the Southern U.S. (10/21/2004) Medium Priority (PMSPs more than 3 years old): None High Priority (PMSPs more than 6 years old): None High Priority (PMSPs not available): Cattle (In production), Watermelon, Cotton, Peanuts, Spinach, Canola, Sorghum, Corn, Soybeans, Alfalfa, Wheat, Pasture/Rangeland, Goats, Poultry, Swine, Grapes (In production), Nursery (In production).

Discussion (State Contact and IPM Documents, optional) Impacts of this project to stakeholders is that is serves as a clearinghouse and central office to find pest management options and tools available to growers and specialists. The State Contact is the only point of contact not only for Federal inquires but state information requests. Supporting information from the state contact helps in supporting re-registration of products that are important to Oklahoma as well as securing Section 18 and 24c uses. These uses are vital to the success of crop production in the state of Oklahoma. Without the state contact to provide information pest management needs may not be met such as the linuron on cilantro without the state contact to provide that supporting information. The production of crop profiles and PMSP are still of great value in providing information about Oklahoma cropping and pest management as well as supporting grant applications by faculty members.

Impacts A. State Contacts 1. Serve as primary contact for federal regulatory inquiries Direct information requests from the center were down but inquires did come in for federal regulatory information about MSMA, soil fumigants, and carbofuran during the reporting period. Specifically a request for information on carbofuran use on sorghum in Oklahoma was requested by OPMP and responses were provided back to OPMP. 2. Responses to other entities (strongly encouraged) Information was requested for uses of pendimethalin, nicusulfuron,and diquat to support section 18 uses in Oklahoma. Other requests over hexythiazox on corn, thiophanate-mehtyl on mushrooms, sulfentrazone on southern pea were submitted to the state contact to support those section 18 requests. The Oklahoma state contact worked with the IR-4 liaison on supporting a request of linuron on cilantro. This request was actually found to be covered under crop grouping with parsley after inquires to EPA and IR-4 headquarters and a section 18 was not required. Oklahoma responded to questions from entities such as Aerial Applicators and Ag Retailers on 2,4-D, Picloram and Dicamba; OK Department of Transportation and Turf groups on the status of MSMA; American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators (AAPSE) on picloram and soil fumigant cluster; Oklahoma Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry (ODAFF) on diquat for canola, metalchlor on sesame; Growers groups and tolerances for crops such as canola, and sesame. Responses were also given to the Poison Control Center, Allen Canning Company. The Oklahoma contact 3. Establish and maintain a stakeholder network Oklahoma contact maintains a strong network with the state IPM coordinator, Pesticide Coordinator and Ir-4 liaison. Interaction is almost on a weekly basis which allows for IPM need to be discussed for state needs. Oklahoma state contact maintains a very tight relationship with ODAFF concerning IPM needs and pesticides especially undertaking Section 18 and 24c requests from stakeholders. State priorities are also communicated with OSU specialists with IPM duties to shape upcoming Oklahoma needs. The Oklahoma SC meets or attends major stakeholder meetings throughout the state. The SC attended or met with the Oklahoma Agriculture Aviation Association ( OAAA), Oklahoma Agribusiness Association(OARA), Oklahoma Crop Consultants (CCA), Oklahoma Pest Control Association(OPCA), Oklahoma Vegetation Management Association (OKVMA), Oklahoma Greenhouse Growers Association (OGGA), Oklahoma Nursery and Landscape Association (ONLA), Oklahoma Turf-grass Foundation (OTRF), Oklahoma Grain & Feed Association(OGFA), Oklahoma Farm Bureau, Oklahoma Peanut Commission, Oklahoma Wheat Commission, Oklahoma Cattlemens Association, and ODAFF. These meetings along with direct contact with these groups allow for quick relay of information to and from these groups to the Oklahoma State Contact 4. Coordination and oversight of IPM Documents in the state Coordination of IPM documents in prioritized by first crops that do not have crop profiles and PMSP and then the age of the documents. Also the state contact works closely with specialists to complete crop profiles requested by specialists or commodity groups to assist in further research and grant efforts. 5. Expertise list update "The file containing updated IPM expertise for Oklahoma State University was (corrected OR verified as correct) by a communication with SRIPMC staff and will be annually updated. 6. Annual meeting The state contacts for Oklahoma attended the State Contact Meeting in Asheville NC in November 2008. 7. Additional activities A monthly newsletter is published and participation in the Oklahoma School IPM program to facilitate better pest management in Oklahoma Schools. Continuing education development of resistance management for growers and applicators is being implemented. B. IPM Documents Sorhgum and turfgrass crop profiles were completed for Oklahoma during the reporting period.

Web Site (State Contact only, required) This project's website is found at http://www.pested.okstate.edu/sipmc.html. The site: 1. Addresses regional priorities established by the Southern Region IPM Center 2. To the best of our knowledge is compatible with regional and national IPM Center sites to the extent that information on the SNP sites can contribute seamlessly to the larger information databases maintained regionally and nationally. 3. Includes contact information for the program and the project leader 4. Includes or is linked to (http://www.pested.okstate.edu/sipmc.html) a project description, abstract, or summary for the State Contact Project. 5. Includes or is linked to http://pested.okstate.edu/pdf/report2008.pdf all annual progress reports for the State Contact Project. 6. Complies with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments to the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 7. Includes links to the Southern IPM Center and other appropriate entities The home page: 1. Prominently displays, near the project or site heading, the phrase "the OKLAHOMA component of the Southern IPM Center." 2. Include the statement "This site is supported, in part, with funding from the Southern IPM Center." All pages: 1. Include the phrase "the Oklahoma component of the Southern IPM Center," with the words "Southern IPM Center" hyperlinked to the Center web site. 2. Include an indication of the date created or the most recent update (whichever is more recent), and the name of a person responsible for maintaining the page.

Outcomes Responded to request of information for the importance of carbofuran on sorghum in Oklahoma. Support was given for Section 18 requests of Diquat on Canola, hexythiazox on corn, thiophanate-mehtyl on mushrooms, and sulfentrazone on southern pea. Prioritization of IPM documents for the State of Oklahoma. Update of the specialist list for Oklahoma for the IPM Center. Sorhgum and turfgrass crop profiles were completed for Oklahoma during the reporting period.

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